Cigar machine wrapper carrier



Sept- 1940- SHCLAUSEN CIGAR MACHINE WRAPPER CARRIER Filed Sept. 25, 19364 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY Sept. 24, 1940. s. CLAUSEN CIGARMACHINE WRAPPER CARRIER Filed Sept. 25, 1936 I 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 min? vNII'III I INVENTOR sa H BY ATTORNEY Sept. 24, 1940. s, CLAUSEN I CIGARMACHINE WRAPPER CARRIER Filed Sept. 25, 1956 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 5W NAN lNVENTOR ATTORNEY p 1940- s. CLAUSEN CIGAR MACHINE WRAPPER CARRIER FiledSgpt. 2 5, 1936- 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 I NVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 24,1940 UNITED STATES CIGAR MACHINE WRAPPER- CARRIER Sigurd Clausen,Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to International Cigar Machinery Company, acorporation of New Jersey Application September 25, 1936, Serial No.102,455

38 Claims.

This invention relates to cigar machines, and more particularly totransfer mechanisms for cigar machines which remove wrappers from acutting die, carry them to a wrapping station,

and deliver them for wrapping around a bunch.

To properly feed the wrapper to a bunch, the

wrapper carrier must travel along a path at a proper speed in order tohold a wrapper without undue strain as it is wrapped about the bunch.During its travel the major axis of the wrapper carrier must at alltimes be held at the correct angle to the bunch so that the wrapper islaid on smoothly without the formation of wrinkles or hollows.Therefore, the carrier head must not 7 only be accurately advanced in agiven path, but

must also be turned independently to the necessary applying angle whileadvancing through each portion of the path. Since the carrier head hasbeen provided with independent turning mechanism so that it can beturned to bring the wrapper to any predetermined position during theapplication of the wrapper to a bunch, with little or no forwardmovement of the head itself, this has eliminated the large bumps now 7necessary on the trailer cams used on existing machines, and accountsfor the smooth path gen-, erated by the rotary cams of this invention.It is, therefore, an object of this inventiton to provide mechanism forachieving these results with a minimum of moving parts and with animproved arrangement of said parts.

Heretofore on cigar machines it has usually been customary to providewrapper carrying devices which had a reciprocatory movement. That is,the wrappers have been removed from the cutting bed, transferred to awrapping .unit, and upon the complete delivery of the wrapper about thebunch at that unit, the carrier has been returned to its starting pointover the same path. Obviously, since this track is more or less bumpy,in order to perform the necessary carrying and wrapping movements, thecarrier on being returned to the wrapping position at greater speedafter acquiring another wrapper causes a jarring of the machine. Also,heretofore, it has been necessary to prevent the return of the carrierhead to wrapper applying position until the transfers for conveyingbunches to the wrapper unit and cigars therefrom had completed their poperations. By means of my novel structure it is now possible to returnthe carrier head to the Wrapping position in a smoother path and with aregular motion, thus eliminating all shock and jar to the machine, andalso to allow bunches and cigars to be transferred to and from thewrapping mechanism without interfering With the carrier head or withoutloss of time incident to the movement of the carrier head to. theWrapping position, so that there is a marked increase of time availablefor wrapping operations and much less likelihood of Wrappers being torn.

It is, therefore, a further object of this invention to provide awrapper carrying mechanism which will move in a closed or orbital pathto and from the wrapper forming mechanism.

, It is an additional object of the invention to provide a cigar machinehaving mechanism for transferring wrappers to and'from cutting positionwithout interfering with the rapid transfer of bunches'and cigars to andfrom thewrapping station, and in which the driving means therefor causesthe transfer mechanism to pause only at the wrapper receiving andpasting positions.-

It is a further object to provide a cigar machine having thereonacarrier so constructed that it can be turned independently of itsadvancing movement and operate in an orbital, circuital or rotationallyunidirectional path to deliver Wrappers to a wrapping position, and moveback to said position without interfering with or delaying the operationof the transfer mechanism of the machine. I y

It is an added object to provide a system of rotating cams for movingawrapper carrier head of a cigar machine in a closed curvilinear path toand from wrapper applying position.

It is also an object of the invention toprovide a cigar machine with acarrier mechanism'which will make possible more efficient transfer ofwrappers to the wrapping station by providing means for returning thecarrier head to the wrapping position over a different path than thatover which it moves during the application of the wrapper.

An additional object of the invention is to provide means-for guidingthe Wrapper carrier from the wrapper die to the wrapping device by arotary instead of a reciprocatory driving mechanism, thereby not onlyimproving the construction of the machine, but also allowing more timefor the wrapper applying operations and hence greatly increasing theefliciency of the machine. It is a further object of the invention toprovide rotary cam mechanism for moving the wrapper transfer mechanismof a cigar machinein a closed path to and from wrapper receiving andwrapper applying stations Without jarring the machine at any time in itscycle of operations,

and in which the carrier head assumes a series of predeterminedpositions during the movement thereof.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a plurality ofrotating cams which will actuate the wrapper transfer mechanism of acigar machine, and move it in a closed path to and from wrapperreceiving and applying positions with a smooth and regular motioninstead of a rapid return'movement of said transfer to the wrappingposition with an accompanying jar tothe machine structure.

In the particular embodiment of the invention as shown in the attacheddrawings, the wrapper transfer is provided with three pivoted armscontrolled by two co-axial rotating cams. A swinging main arm guided bya cam roller carries a shaft which is articulated to a secondcamcontrolled arm carrying the wrapper carrier head. The combined actionof these two arms compel the head to travel in the path prescribed bythe cams for the particular cigar shape to be wrapped by the machine. Ona stud supported by the last mentioned arm is a pivoted cam actuated armhaving a gear sector which meshes with a a gear on the carrier head forturning the latter to the required angle in each position. As thewrapper is held'to the head by suction, an automatic valve is includedin the improved mechanism to turn the suction on or off when the wrapperis being received or delivered from the head. While this transfer isespecially adapted to a cigar machine employing a duplex or multiplexcutting mechanism, it also finds ready adaptability for use on a cigarmachine using but a single cutting die. Either adaptation requires but achange of the shape of the moving cams which control the path ofmovement of the carrier head. Wibh these and other objects notspecifically mentioned in view, the invention consists of thecombinations and constructions which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and then specifically set forth in the claims hereuntoappended.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification andin which like characters of reference indicate the same or like parts:

Fig. 1 is a top view showing the relative position of the improvedwrapper carrier to other units of the cigar machine;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the wrapper transfer; Fig. 3 is a top view ofthe same on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top view on lines 44| of Fig. 2, showing the cam-tracks .forguiding the swinging main arm and the carrier turning arm, also the campiece controlling the suction valve; and

Fig. 5 is a top view on line 55 of Fig. 2, showing the cam-tracks forguiding the swinging carrier arm.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the base plate 5 of the cigar machine whichis supported by a frame 6 carries a single pedestal l and a doublepedestal consisting of two vertical columns 8 and 9. The

' vided with a roller tllengaging a track 5 of cam M. The free end ofarm 2| carries avertical stud 23 which, by means of suitable bearingssupports the forked ends of a horizontal arm 21 for pivotal movementthereon. The wrapper carrier head 28 is rotatably mounted on the freeoutward end of arm 27. The upper fork end 26 of arm 27 is extendedinwardly and carries two rollers 29 and 30 engaging the tracks l8 and IQof cam 56. A boss 3| on arm 21' supports a stud 32 on which is pivoted ahorizontal arm 33 having a roller 34 in engagement with track I! of cam'l 5.

Carrier 28 is attached to the lower end of a flanged sleeve 35 turnablyheld inthe free end of arm 27 by a cap 33, .while to the upper flangeend of sleeve 35 is affixed a gear 31 meshing with a gear sector 38carried by the free end of arm 33. The gear 37 is preferably made in twocoaxial relatively turnable adjustable narrow parts in order to take upthe slack of the meshing teeth. Into sleeve 35 is loosely inserted aflanged sleeve 39 provided with a flange held therein by a disk 4|!attached to gear Bl and overlapping the flange portion of the sleevewhich forms the delivery end of a flexible tube 4| carrying the suctionto the suction holes 42 of the carrier head 28. Sleeve 39 passes throughan aperture 43 provided in arm 33, this aperture being of the properlateral extent to permit the required angular movement of arm of tube 4|is attached by a flanged coupling member 44 and screw cap 45 to the topend of column 9, the latter communicating through a port 46 in baseplate5 with a chamber (ll into which terminates a pipe 48 connected to thesuction source of the machine. A flexible tube 49 connected to asuitable compressed air source is attached to the fiag end 50 of thecarrier head for the purpose of delivering a puff of air for ejectingthe flag end of the wrapper after the suction in tube 4| has been shutoff.

The suction in' tube 4| is controlled by a valve 5| provided in column9, this valve by means of levers 52 and 53 being actuated by a cam lever54 pivoted on a bracket 55 of column 8 and provided with a roller 58held against the periphery of cam M by spring S'l. At the proper point,a cam piece 58 is attached to the circumference of cam. M, which campiece is made in two interlapping parts, as shown in cross-section in l,so that its position on cam hi and its effective length may be adjustedto the proper timing of the valve 5|.

In Fig. 3, the path described by the carrier head 28 in moving fromwrapper receiving position, to wrapping position and back in order toproperly wrap the bunch B in the wrapping device and the relativepositions of the supporting arms are shown by the dot-dash line 58. Thedie position of the wrapper transfer, at point I of this path, is shownpartly in full lines. The point designated II is an intermediateposition occupied by the carrier head in its undirectional movement.Dotted lines show the paster position III in which the flag end of thewrapper is supplied with a daubof paste and the tuck end is placed uponthe cigar bunch B by the tuck needle; the position IV in which the mainarm 2! is in its outermost position 2|; and the blow-off position VI inwhich the flag end of the wrapper is ejected from the carrier by a pufffrom compressed-air pipe 49.

The track l5 of cam I l which guides the roller 22 of arm 2|, and thetrack ll of cam l3 which guides the roller 34 of arm 33 in order to turnhead 23 to the proper angle in each position, are shown in Fig. 3, andthe tracks l8 and IQ of cam l6 which guide the rollers 29 and 30 of arm2'! are shown in Fig. 4, the roller 29 engaging with track l8 and theroller 30 with track l8. In the die position 26 of the fork end ofcarrier arm 21, corresponding to point I of path 59, the

rollers 29 is in engagement with track l8, Fig. 4, and the roller 39 isnear the beginning of track I9 into which it enters at 38 in armposition 26 corresponding to point II of path 59, the

'roller29 then having arrived in position 29 in The other end iii camI6.

which it is leaving track l8. In the paster position 26 of arm end 26,corresponding to point III of path 59, the roller 3|] is at 39 in trackl9 and-the roller 29 travels free on the outside of In position 26corresponding to the outermost position 29 of the carrier, in point IVof path 59, the guide rollers are in the positions 29 and 3N", the arm2'! being guided by roller 30. At point V of path 59, the guiding forkof arm 21 is in position 26 in which the inner roller 30 leaves track I9and the outer roller 29 enters track I8. In the blow-off positions 26,at point VI of path 59, the guide rollers are in the positions 29 and39, the track [8 guiding the arm 21 by means of roller 29.

The cams l4 and I6 being actuated simultaneously by the drive shaft l3of the machine, the movements of arms 2|, 21 and 33 are synchronizeddetermined path 59, with its axis at the proper angle for perfectwrapping in every position.

In Fig. 1, the relation of the wrapper carrier to other units of thecigar machine is shown. The

bunch B is delivered to the wrapping device 69 from position B in thecrimper 6| of the bunch machine in which the ends of the bunch areshaped, by a transfer 62 mounted on a shaft 63. When wrapped, the bunchB, now a cigar, is carried by a transfer 64 fixed on a shaft 65, intoposition B" on the cradle 66 of the reroller 61, a knurled drumoscillating on a shaft 68. In delivery position 3 on the cradle 66, thefinished cigar engages with a knurler 69 at its head end whileits tuckend is trimmed to size by a trimmer 'HL' While the bunch B is beingwrapped in the wrapping device 60, the Wrapper W for the next followinghunch is being cut on the die H by cutting rollers 12, relative circularmotion between the said rollers and the die taking place around a shaft13. The wrapper carrier head 28 picks up the wrapper W and carries italong the closed and irregularly curved path 59, the cams l4 and I8, andthe transfers 62 and 64 being so timed that no interference takes placeduring the operation of the wrapper carrier as it moves from the diewith a wrapper back to the wrapping position. As the carrier moves thewrapper to the wrapping position it is held stationary for a shortperiod of time at the paster position thereof, designated 28 on thedrawings, while a dauber 14 of known construction is raised from a pastepot into contact with the flag end of the wrapper through an arm 16actuated by a cam operated vertical rod 11. Following the application ofpaste the carrier moves on through its predetermined path in thewrapping position and the wrapper is completely applied to a bunch.

It will be understood that various changes in the details ofconstruction and arrangement can be made within the scope of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims. The inventionis not,therefore, to be limited to the particular embodiment shown anddescribed herein.

What is claimed is:

1. In a cigar machine wrapper transfer mechanism, the combination with amovable support, of a plurality of levers carried by said support, asuction wrapper carrier located upon one of said levers, means uponanother of said levers for positioning said carrier for wrapper applyingmovement, and rotary cams cooperating with mechanism carried by saidlevers for moving said car- 'rier in a closed and irregularly curvedpath to apply said wrapper. H

2. In a wrapper transfer for cigar machines,

the combination with asuppo'rt, of a plurality of levers carried by saidsup-port, a wrapper carrier located upon one of said levers, means uponanother of said levers for positioning said carrier for Wrapper carryingmovement, cooperating mechanism carried by one of said levers forrotating said carrier as the wrapper is being applied, and movable cammeans for moving said levers relative one-to the other to describe aclosed path for said carrier.

3. In a cigar machine wrapper transfer device, a support, a plurality ofrelatively movable arms mounted upon said support, a wrapper carriersecured to one of said arms, and means for imparting relative movementto said arms whereby to move said carrier edgewise in a closed andirregularly curved path to and from Wrapper applying position, saidmeans being constructed and arranged to move said head along'said pathduring each cycle of said machine.

4. A cigar machine Wrapper transfer mechanism comprising a support,'asuction wrapper carrier head rotatably mounted on a vertical axis onsaid support, means for moving said carrier head in a closed andirregularly curved path to and from wrapper receiving and applyingpositions during-'each' cy'cle of the machine, and means to rotate saidcarrier about said axis during said movement.

5. In a cigar machine, the combination with a wrapper cutting device anda wrapping mechanism, of means for transferring wrappers from saiddevice to said mechanism, said means comprising a suction carrier head,and means for intermittently moving said head edgewise in a closedand.irregularly curved path and in a single plane to said mechanism and backto said device during each machine cycle.

6. In a cigar machine, a wrapper transfer carrier, a wrapping device, apasting station, means for removing cigars from said device, andtransferring bunches to said device, and mechanism for moving saidcarrier from a wrapper receiving position to said station for pastingthe wrapper prior to its application to a bunch, said means operating toremove a cigar from and transfer a bunch to said wrapping device duringthe movement of said carrier to said station.

'7. In a cigar machine wrapper transfer mechanism, a suction wrappercarrier mounted for movement in a horizontal plane, a support for saidcarrier, means on said support for rotatingv said carrier in said planeabout a vertical axis and relative to said support, and means for movingsaid carrier along one path to Wrapper de livering position and along adifferent path from said positionback to wrapper receiving position onceduring each machine cycle.

8. In a cigarmachine, the combination with a wrapper cutting device, awrapping mechanism, and means for feeding bunches thereto to be wrapped,of a carrier for delivering wrappers edgewise in a single plane fromsaid device to said mechanism, and means for moving said carriercompletely through a closed and irregularly curved path once during eachcycle of said machine as it moves to deliver a wrapper, and as itreturns to said device, said means being so constructed and arrangedthat it moves said carrier to a position adjacent said mechanism whilesaid bunch feeding means is transferring a bunch to said mechanism.

9. In a cigar machine, the combination with a cigar wrapping device, andmeans for forming "bunches to be Wrapped, of a plurality of transfermeans, mechanism including a suction carrier head moving along oneportion of an irregular closed path for feeding wrappers to said deviceedgewise in a single plane, and means for operating said mechanism soconstructed and arranged that said transfer means may operate to removea cigar from and, position a bunch in said device while said head isreturning along a different portion of said path with another Wrapper tosaid device.

10. A wrapper transfer mechanism for cigar machines, comprising acarrier head provided with a flat suction leaf engaging surface movableonly in a horizontal plane, and rotary cams for moving said head alongdifferent portions of a closed path to and from wrapper applyingposition.

11. A wrapper transfer mechanism for a cigar machine, comprising, acarrier head provided with a flat leaf engaging surface movable in ahorizontal plane only, rotary cams for moving said head in a closed andirregularly curved path to and from wrapper applying position, and meansfor rotating said head about its vertical axis during said movement.

12. In a cigar machine, mechanism for transferring wrappers from acutting die to a Wrapping station, said mechanism comprising a movablewrapper carrier head, and means for moving said head to transport awrapper edgewise in.

a single plane and along a closed and irregularly curved path betweensaid die and station, said means being constructed and arranged to movesaid head through said path at least once during each machine cycle.

13. In a cigar machine wrapper transfer mechanism, the combination witha wrapper transfer head, of a plurality of rotary cams, and connectionsbetween said cams and head for moving said head in a closed andirregularly curved path to and from a source of supply of wrappers andwrapper applying position.

14. In a cigar machine, a wrapper transfer mechanism, said mechanismcomprising, a wrapper transfer head, a plurality of rotary drivingmembers for operating said head, and means including connections betweensaid members and head for moving the latter to and from a source ofsupply of wrappers and a wrapper applying position, at least once duringeach machine cycle, and for applying said wrapper.

15. In a cigar machine, the combination with leaf cutting die, of atransfer mechanism for transferring leaf sections from said die to awrapping station and for returning to said die to transfer additionalsections therefrom, and a plurality of rotary cams for moving saidmechanism to and from said device.

16. In a cigar machine, the combination with means for supporting leafsections, of mechanism for transferring sections from said means to awrapping station and for returning to said means for feeding additionalsections therefrom, said mechanism comprising a pivoted carrier headadapted to carry said sections, and a plurality of rotary cams adaptedto move said mechanism to and from said means, and for rotating saidhead.

17. In a cigar machine, the combination with a support for leafsections, of mechanism for transferring sections from said means to awrapping station, and for returning to said means for feeding additionalsections therefrom, said mechanism comprising a plurality of articulatedmem- ,bers, a carrier head supported upon said members, and rotary cammeans adapted to move said members and said head to and from saidsupport and wrapping station.

18. In a cigar machine, the combination with a support for cigarwrappers, of a wrapper carrier head, and means for moving said head fromsaid support to a wrapping station, and for returning the same to feedadditional wrappers therefrom, said means comprising articulated membersmounting said head for translational and rotary movement, and rotary cammeans for moving said members and head between their operative positionsfor feeding and applying said wrappers.

19. In a wrapper handling device for cigar machines, a wrapper carrier,a support for said carrier, said support comprising an oscillatablelever, a plurality of superposed levers pivotally mounted thereon, andconnections between said levers and carrier for moving the latter in aclosed and irregularly curved path to-and from wrapper receiving andwrapping position.

20. In a wrapper transfer for cigar machines, a wrapper carrier, meansfor moving said carrier in a closed and irregularly curved path to andfrom wrapper receiving and wrapping position, and mechanism actingconcurrently therewith for moving said carrier during the application ofsaid wrapper, said means comprising a plurality of levers, one of whichsupports said carrier, and connections between said carrier and leversfor imparting relative movement to said levers to cause said carrier toapply said wrapper.

21. In a cigar machine wrapper transfer, a wrapper carrier, a rotary camfor moving said carrier in a closed path to and from wrapper receivingand wrapping position during each revolution thereof, and mechanismacting concurrently therewith for moving said carrier during theapplication of said wrapper, said mechanism comprising an arm supportingsaid carrier for rotary movement about a vertical shaft, and a meansassociated with said arm for imparting said movement.

22. In a cigar machine, a leaf transfer, and means for moving saidtransfer from a cutting die to a delivery position over one portion of aclosed path, and returning said transfer to said die over a differentportion of said path, said means including levers supporting saidtransfer,

cam followers carried on said levers, and rotarycams cooperating withsaid followers for imparting translatory motion to move said levers andsaid transfer to describe said path.

23. In a cigar machine wrapper transfer mechanism, the combination witha cigar wrapping device and means for transferring bunches to saiddevice, of a support for said mechanism, a pivoted lever mounted uponsaid support, a second lever pivotally mounted on said first lever, apair of separated cam followers located on one end of said second lever,a wrapper carrier pivotally supported on the other end of said secondlever, a gear carried by said carrier, a third lever pivotally locatedupon said second lever, a cam follower carried upon one end thereof, anda gear segment at the other, said end also having an elongated slot, andcams cooperating with said levers to impart relative movement theretofor moving said carrier in a closed path to and from said wrappingdevice to deliver said wrapper.

24. In a wrapper transfer mechanism for cigar machines, a cigar wrappingdevice, means for transferring bunches to said device, supporting means,shafts movably mounted within said means, an arm mounted upon one ofsaid shafts, a carrier support pivotally mounted upon said arm, saidsupport having at one end thereof a plurality of cam followers, and atthe other end a Wrapper carrier, a lever pivotally mounted on saidsupport, and provided with a cam follower at one end and a drivingsector at the other, a driven member secured to said carrier andcoacting with said sector, and co-axial cams located upon another ofsaid shafts and cooperating with said followers for imparting to saidarm, support and lever relative movement whereby said carrier is movedin a closed path to and from wrapper receiving and applying positions.

25. In a cigar machine leaf transfer mechanism, a pivoted arm, a carrierhead mounted upon said arm, a lever pivoted upon said arm and providedwith an elongated slot and gear sector at one end, a sleeve on said headprojecting through said slot, 2. gear mounted upon said head andcooperating with said sector for rotating said head, and means formoving said arm and lever simultaneously and relative to each other forimparting translatory and rotary motion to said carrier head.

26. In a cigar wrapper transfer mechanism, a pivoted a carrier headmounted upon said arm, a lever pivoted upon said arm and provided withan elongated slot and gear sector at one end, a sleeve on said headprojecting through said slot, means mounted upon said head andcooperating with said sector for rotating said head, said meanscomprising an adjustable gear, and means for moving said arm and leversimultaneously and relative to each other for imparting translatory androtary motion to said carrier head.

27. In a cigar machine, the combination with a wrapper carrier, of meansfor moving said carrier along a closed and irregularly curved path intransporting a leaf section between a cutting die and a wrappingstation, said means comprising moving cams constructed and arranged tomove said carrier through said path at least once during each cycle ofthe machine.

28. In a cigar machine, the combination with a wrapper cutting die, anda wrapping device, of a single wrapper carrier, rotary driving means formoving said carrier in a closed and irregularly curved path to transporta leaf section between said die and device, said carrier beingconstrained to move through said path during each revolution of saidmeans.

29.,In a cigar machine, a wrapper transfer mechanism comprising awrapper carrier head, a rotary cam for moving said head in a closed andirregularly curved path to and from wrapper receiving and wrappingpositions, and means movable relative to said mechanism for swingingsaid carrier during the application of said wrapper, said meanscomprising an arm supporting said carrier for rotary movement in ahorizontal plane about a vertical shaft, and means associated with saidarm for imparting said movement.

during each movement of said head to and from said device.

31. A wrapper transfer mechanism for a cigar machine, comprising acarrier head provided with a flat leaf engaging surface movable to andfrom a' wrapping device, rotary cams mounted upon a vertical shaft formoving said head in a closed and irregularly curved path to and fromsaid station, and means for swinging said head relative to the wrappingdevice during the wrapper applying part of said movement.

32. In a wrapper transfer mechanism, a movable support, a wrappercarrier head mounted on said support for movement to and from a Wrappingdevice, rotary cams mounted on a vertical axis for moving said head toand from said device, said cams being constructed and arranged to movesaid head in a closed and irregularly curved path to and from saiddevice, and means for swinging said head about its vertical axisrelative to said device during the application of said wrapper to abunch in said device.

33. In a cigar machine, the combination with a leaf cutting die, ofmechanism for transferring leaf sections from said die to a wrappingstation, comprising a suction carrier head, rotary means for moving saidhead to and from said station in a closed and irregularly curved pathonce each cycle of said machine and a device on 'said means forcontrolling the suction in said head.

34. In a cigar machine,,the combination with a leaf cutting die, ofmechanism for transferring leaf sections from said die to a wrappingstation, nomprising a suction carrier head, rotary means for moving saidhead to and from said station and a cam mounted on said means forcontrolling the suction in said head.

35. In a wrapper handling device for cigar machines, a wrapper carrier,a support for said carrier, said support comprising a movable member, anarm pivotally mounted on said member, and means cooperating with saidmember and arm for moving said carrier in a closed and irregularlycurved path to and from wrapper receiving and wrapping positions.

36. In a cigar machine, a wrapper transfer mechanism, comprising awrapper carrier head, articulated carrier translating members supporting said head for movement between wrapper receiving and deliveringpositions, and rotary cams for moving said head between said positions.

37. In a cigar machine, a wrapper transfer device, comprising aplurality of movable carrier supports pivoted together for movementrelative to one another, a wrapper carrier head mounted on one of saidsupports, and movable means for driving each of said supports to effecta translation of said head between wrapper receiving and wrapperapplying position 38. In a wrapper transfer mechanism for a cigarmachine, a wrapper applying station, a source of supp-1y of wrappers, asupport, a wrapper carrier head mounted on said support and dependingdownwardly therefrom for travel in a horizontal plane only, and meansfor moving said head in a closed path between said station and source ofsupply, said means including a movable cam mounted on a vertical axis.

SIGURD CLAUSEN.

